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Year of the tiger an activist's life

Drawing on a collection of original essays, previously published work, conversations, graphics, photos, commissioned art by disabled and Asian American artists, and more, Alice uses her unique talent to share an impressionistic scrapbook of her life as an Asian American disabled activist, community...

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Main Author: Wong, Alice, 1974- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, [2022]
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Wong, Alice, > 1974-
Asian Americans > Biography.
Asian Americans > Social conditions.
People with disabilities > United States > Biography.
People with disabilities > United States > Social conditions.
Autobiographies.
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Summary:Drawing on a collection of original essays, previously published work, conversations, graphics, photos, commissioned art by disabled and Asian American artists, and more, Alice uses her unique talent to share an impressionistic scrapbook of her life as an Asian American disabled activist, community organizer, media maker, and dreamer. From her love of food and pop culture to her unwavering commitment to dismantling systemic ableism, Alice shares her thoughts on creativity, access, power, care, the pandemic, mortality, and the future. As a self-described disabled oracle, Alice traces her origins, tells her story, and creates a space for disabled people to be in conversation with one another and the world. Filled with incisive wit, joy, and rage, Wong's Year of the Tiger will galvanize readers with big cat energy.
Item Description:"A Vintage Books Original 2022"--Title page verso.
Physical Description:xix, 376 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
ISBN:0593315391
9780593315392
Author Notes:Alice Wong was a disabled activist, media maker, and research consultant based in San Francisco, California. She was the founder and director of the Disability Visibility Project-an online community dedicated to creating, sharing, and amplifying disability media and culture-and the editor of the anthology Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century and Disability Visibility: 17 First-Person Stories for Today (Adapted for Young Adults). Alice was also the host and coproducer of the Disability Visibility podcast and copartner in a number of collaborations such as #CripTheVote and Access Is Love. From 2013 to 2015, Alice served as a member of the National Council on Disability, an appointment by President Barack Obama. She died in 2025.

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